Friday, September 11, 2015

Germanna Community College will host one of three free screenings of “The Hunting Ground” at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16 in Sealy Auditorium on the Fredericksburg Area Campus in Spotsylvania. The GCC Lyceum Series event is open to the public.

The documentary delves into the problem of sexual assault at colleges and universities.

There will also be a panel discussion about preventing campus sexual assault and dealing with incidents correctly.

Filmmakers concluded that some institutions try to persuade victims not to go to off-campus authorities in order to protect the schools’ name.

Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering say they hope the film will "ignite conversation, raise awareness, and drive change."

University of Mary Washington psychology Prof. Christopher Kilmartin will be part of the panel at the Germanna event. He is the author of “The Masculine Self.” He also co-authored “Men’s Violence Against Women: Theory, Research, and Activism” and “Sexual Assault in Context: Teaching College Men about Gender.”

.From 16 to 20 percent of undergraduate women are sexually assaulted in college.

88 percent of women raped on campus do not report.

In 2012, 45 percent of colleges reported zero sexual assaults.

Only 2 to 8 percent of sexual assault claims are found to be false.

Less than 8 percent of men in college commit more than 90 percent of sexual assaults.